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Jump back to quoted post13 Sep 2015, 19:19 PMSgtBulldog

Yes and no.

Better than P4 no doubt. But you still cannot count on a Stug to defeat any British tank (except the Valentine) 1 on 1. So you need a pair or a bunch. And it's quite a mess to micro. So easy to circle for the brit if there are any significant obstacles on the map.

There always seems to be SOMETHING that makes the backing-up Stug decide to stop and go slowly rotating instead. Bang! You're dead, mate. Haw-haw!

Jump back to quoted post9 Sep 2015, 03:50 AMvelmarg

Honestly, the only reason to build a T34/76 at this point is for late game ramming on super-heavies like the King Tiger and Jagdtiger. The SU76 and SU85 are significantly better for anti-armor while the M5 Quad and T70 are more effective dedicated anti-infantry punch. The T34/76 is mediocre at both, unless you consider its crushing power, which is so-so at best, given how little health the unit has.

I guess in that sense, building a pack of 3 T34/76s that you're going to go hyper-aggressive with on crushing and ramming can be effective, but it's such a gamble at that point, I feel like you're better off saving the fuel for something more specialized and worthwhile.

It's a "jack of all trades" unit by design and a "I suck at literally everything" (given its timing) unit in execution.

I actually miss pushing a fast T3 to get a T34/76 out. There usually wasn't a fuck ton of AT on the field and it gave you time to pick up some veterancy with it so it could actually be effective - at vet 3, its mobility and rate of fire are pretty spectacular.

Now with its low cost and very, very late timing for its performance, it's basically a "why the fuck not" unit. No one is ever going to build a T34/76 when they're back-against-the-wall on the brink of losing. They should've buffed the T34's performance and increased the cost rather than keep it where it was (where it was arguably already underperforming) and simply nerfing the cost. I'd rather have a unit that could actually fucking PERFORM for 120 fuel or so.

RIP T34/76.